Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
French physicist (born 1933)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. He is still an active researcher, working at the École normale supérieure (Paris).
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji | |
|---|---|
 Cohen-Tannoudji in 2007 | |
| Born | 1 April 1933 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure (Paris) University of Paris |
| Spouse |
Jacqueline Veyrat (m. 1958) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Prix Paul Langevin (1963) Prix Jean Ricard (1971) Young Medal and Prize (1979) Lilienfeld Prize (1992) Matteucci Medal (1994) Harvey Prize (1996) Nobel Prize in Physics (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | College de France University of Paris École normale supérieure (Paris) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Kastler |
| Doctoral students | Serge Haroche Jean Dalibard |
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1993.[2]
References
change- ↑ Krapp, Kristine M. (January 1998). Notable twentieth century scientists: Supplement - Kristine M. Krapp - Google Books. ISBN 9780787627669. Retrieved 2013-03-09 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Claude Cohen-Tannoudji". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
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